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I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Afghanistan has been called "the forgotten war," but for the men of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Force it is anything but forgotten for them. This video follows Alpha Company of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Force in a battle in Afghanistan.The video is expertly produced with communication between Marine commanders and the units on the ground in Afghanistan.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/39EiXdQpexM&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb blast near a voter registration site killed 16 people, 14 of them children, and wounded 58 in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to a senior police official and the U.S. military.

A Taliban spokesman said one of his group's fighters carried out the attack.

When security guards stopped the car at the entrance to the Mandozai district headquarters, the driver detonated the explosives inside the car, Khost provincial security chief Mohammad Yaqoub said.

A security guard and an Afghan National Army soldier were among the dead. There were no military casualties, said U.S. Col. Gregory Julian. Coalition and Afghan forces worked together to evacuate the wounded to military and civilian hospitals, he said.

The military released photos of the incident, saying they "provide further proof the Afghan militants are not interested in the welfare nor benefit of the Afghan people."

Dozens of tribal elders were meeting nearby in the district administrative office at the time of the bombing, the police official said. The Mandozai district is in the Khost province.

Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, said the suicide bombing was carried out by Qari Hameedullah, a Taliban fighter.

Elsewhere, a rocket attack in Kabul killed three teenage sisters and injured four other people Saturday night, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said in a statement.

The girls died when one of two rockets fired on Kabul crashed into a house in the southern part of the city. In the statement, Karzai called those who fired the rockets "enemies of Afghanistan" who "can't achieve anything by firing rockets but the killing of innocent civilians."

This VIDEO is breathtaking and filled with action shots of U.S. soldiers in firefights in Iraq.Near the end of the VIDEO there is footage of a GI hit by an enemy SNIPER which was all caught on film. A combat medic treats the injured GI and eventually the SNIPER who shot the American soldier.The VIDEO comes with a WARNING that some of the scenes are very explicit.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/UvPufQqo3yI&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO

A unit of U.S. Marines come under heavy attack in this VIDEO. CNN's Nick Robertson narrates what happened as incoming rounds whistle and snap around the Marines. Two U.S. Marines are hit during the course of the firefight. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/yNtAkq_usVY&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON ARROW TO PLAY THIS DRAMATIC VIDEO

Take a walk in the shoes of our U.S. Special Forces as they go on seek and destroy mission after mission in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN.The battle action scenes in this VIDEO are extremely intense.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/QXojZFVRiVk&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO